busker

Homebound

Al Stewart sang it right on his Orange album:

Oh I just got back from Harlem
Ont he very last day of Autumn
Made it through customs, took the bus into town
The flat looked cold and empty
The chairs unused and dusty
Just a few old letters and papers lying around ...

In fact, I had a mountain of mail and overdue bills, slightly relieved by Christmas cards from pals and no less than 10 CDs, among which:

• Bill Frisell's 'gone, just like a train'
• Diana Krall 'Live in Paris'
• Coltrane's 'Favourite Things' (I know, it should have been
  in my collection long ago)
• Best of Roberto Carlos
• The stunning Lucinda Williams' 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'
• The Essential Electric Light Orchestra